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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: createcoms on May 15, 2004, 10:32:40 AM

Title: Sell me your CyberStormPPC :-)
Post by: createcoms on May 15, 2004, 10:32:40 AM

I would like to buy a CSPPC, preferably 233MHz 604.  Dont care about 68k cpu speed (would be running OS4 beta on it).


thnx



-cc

Title: Re: Sell me your CyberStormPPC :-)
Post by: Acill on May 15, 2004, 02:15:32 PM

Look on Ebay.de they are all over these days. I would get a 200MHZ one if I were you. The 233 if I remember are DCE made and you dont want that. Get a Phase5 one if you see it! Here are the ones there now.

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=8142&item=4130275637&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=8142&item=4130276445&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

Title: Re: Sell me your CyberStormPPC :-)
Post by: Will-i-am on May 17, 2004, 08:25:25 PM

Just for jollies....what would you be willing to pay for such a device? I happen to own two and to tell ya the truth, I'm not sure I need but one. :-)

Title: Re: Sell me your CyberStormPPC :-)
Post by: redrumloa on May 17, 2004, 09:46:33 PM

Quote

createcoms wrote:
I would like to buy a CSPPC, preferably 233MHz 604.  Dont care about 68k cpu speed (would be running OS4 beta on it).
-cc

$700USD plus shipping.

200Mhz 604E & 060/50

I have 2, I really don't need 2:-)

Title: Re: Sell me your CyberStormPPC :-)
Post by: Lando on May 17, 2004, 10:40:30 PM

How can you run OS4 Beta on it? I thought they were only giving Beta CD's to A1 owners?

Title: Re: Sell me your CyberStormPPC :-)
Post by: patrik on May 17, 2004, 10:46:15 PM

@Lando:

Check this screenshot (http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=709) out :).


/Patrik

Title: Re: Sell me your CyberStormPPC :-)
Post by: nOw2 on May 17, 2004, 11:01:08 PM

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Acill wrote:
Look on Ebay.de they are all over these days. I would get a 200MHZ one if I were you. The 233 if I remember are DCE made and you dont want that. Get a Phase5 one if you see it! Here are the ones there now.

Ambiguous... 233MHz models were certainly made by phase5 (DCE in fact discontinued the slower models). I know, I had one (which failed after 3 months, after waiting more than a year to get it new from Power Computing).

The DCE quality issue seems very variable. I have had two: one was a replacement for the above phase5 one. It had an incorrectly fitted or faulty fan and fried the PPC instantly (or before I'd even got the card, I don't know, it just never worked).

The next replacement worked but ran hotter, such that I had to replace the fan to run the PPC successfully! It also had a faulty RAM bank 1 limiting the card to 64MB, but by that time I'd decided not to risk another return and cut my loses at that.

The last DCE card ran for about three years, and has recently failed (after becoming very flakey) due to 060 socket failure. Hopefully Amiga Center in France can sort it out.